Also, because of my limited time that evening, I didn’t set up the “Product Options” app. THEME/DESIGN I scrolled through all free themes on the Shopify theme store but couldn’t find one that had the options I was looking for. So I bought a theme for $49 USD. I spent about one hour arranging the theme sections: Screenshot showing Shopify product dashboard By the end of the hour I had my front page design ready: Sreenshot showing Hyke Shopify store Again, this is far from the final design.
My main goal for the front page design was to let visitors instantly know what the business is about. Translation of the first lines: “You just need 1 backpack - Functional & Individual - Your name on your backpack” I think it’s obvious Telemarketing list I sell backpacks. CUSTOM DOMAIN Unfortunately, hyke.com was taken. So I had to come up with an extension to “hyke”. I chose to go with as it expresses the business the best. The freedom-seeker-lifestyle movement.
Screenshot showing Shopify custom domain setting After purchasing the custom domain I finished everything I wanted to finish that evening. Even though I’m slowly but surely running out of time and things are not running smoothly, I’m happy I could start selling and shipping! WEEK THE FIRST SALE Everything became a bit overwhelming. Slowly but surely I lost control. I had two options: Pause the project until my military training in the German army is over (and don’t reach my goal) OR Ask for help.
